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Brownian Motion

 
 
 
 
 
In science,
matter is analysed in light,
by those shadows
cast between spectra.
 
                  [ in art as well ]

 

But when the colours
of noise, or a life,

are manifold,
they are broken by lines
of black uncertainty,
a balance between
what is known
 
and everything else:

of arbitrary,

of nothing,
of all and more.
 
They blend to cacophony,
splay us as negatives
yet to develop.

 

 

 

 

A litany of meaningless
meaning ensues,
as each is revealed
in the absent mirror  
 
 
 

 

or the empty one

behind us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

Author notes

Banned Words: I, love, self, belief, God, heaven, hell, good, bad, evil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_analysis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian_motion

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  • ArtFullyMe gold member
    May 24

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    Effortless..
    as the title reads....

    this blends one with the other, the personal with that beyond it, back to the personal and out..

    I love the sense of science, the uncertainty it presents and the way it walks through it without straying from the principle..

    splay us as negatives

    is enviable

    thank you


  • Scion
    May 2

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    Brilliant take on the prompt. I think you pulled through and came out with a very effective and creative poem. I love the use of cacophony as a metaphor for the chaos we all feel, the chaos in this world and the next. If only life [existence] was determined by light and sound and the differences between the darkness and the self-composed. Excellency must be your strongpoint. Cheers and good luck.

  • shadow puppet on a string?

    reactive movements...I could go on, but I might get tangled-up!

    love this kind of conductive poetry


  • Rowan gold member
    April 30

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    Crap, this is good.
    I'm trying to walk outside myself for this one, but damn girlfriend, did you have to raise the bar so soon. My back is killing me. lol.
    Excellent thoughts; you got me thinking on this one, and I think I heard something snap.


  • Cerulean gold member
    April 30

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    "A litany of meaningless
    meaning" - how meaningful.

    Enjoyed reading this.

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